Hailey's first Christmas was amazing. She played so hard on Christmas Eve that she slept almost the entire day on Christmas. She had so much fun being with all the aunts and uncles, cousins, and grandparents...and even her Great Grandma. The most exciting gift she received this year was a big....box!!! Oh how she loved to just stand there and laugh and play with all the paper! It is nice that she is so easy to please! I will post some more pics for you all, but am working all weekend. So hold out to Monday!!!

Christmas Pictures!

This will be Hailey's first Christmas! So in an attempt to capture it on film Joe, Hailey and I joined our best friends, the Cuellars, and starting snapping away! We got some great pictures! Hailey is such a little ham, the moment she sees a camera she immediately poses! She makes picture taking so much fun! We even captured Hannah and Hailey sharing a special "moment" together!! We are thankful for our friends taking the time to take our family photos!! Merry Christmas!!

Once you have a baby everyone, and I mean everyone will begin to tell you who they think the baby looks like. You will hear she looks like you, like dad, like great aunt sally with the funny looking toes...yes you hear it all!! In one day Joe and I will hear that she is a spitting image of her daddy and the next person who walks by will say she looks like her mommy!! Well I think we have solved the mystery! This Thanksgiving I had to work, but Joe and Hailey spent the day in Hermosa Beach with her Papa Santilli. After seeing this picture we have no doubt whose smile she has!! Like Papa like Granddaughter!!

Dinner

Joe and I joke around about how "advanced" our Hailey is. So the other day we found out what an advanced little stinker she really is!! At 7 months she has mastered the army crawl to get just about anywhere she wants to go. She is here and there and if you take your eyes off her for one minute you will find her eating dog food. The girl hasn't even had chicken yet...but she has had lamb and veal dog food! YUMMY! So after catching her red handed she tried to blame it on the dog...That's my girl!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We were so excited to take Hailey to the pumpkin patch for the first time. I had been waiting for this day for weeks, and Joe knew if he didn't get me to a pumpkin patch soon I was going to lose it! So Halloween day we made the trip. We took the GG's (Joe's grandma and grandpa from CT) with us. Hailey being the little socialite she is sat pretty for ALL the dozens of pictures we took. She made herself right at home eating the hay! The day was so much fun for all of us. Watching this child explore the world around her is such an amazing thing. I am simply amazed at God's goodness towards us.